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Magnitude 8.2 quake strikes in the Pacific, no damage expected -USGS (Fiji)
Reuters ^
| August 18, 2018
Posted on 08/18/2018 6:34:56 PM PDT by maggief
Aug 19 (Reuters) - A massive quake of magnitude 8.2 struck in the Pacific Ocean close to Fiji and Tonga on Sunday but it was so deep that it was not expected to cause any damage, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said.
The U.S. Tsunami Warning Center also said the quake was too deep to cause a tsunami.
The quake was 347.7 miles (560 km) below the Earth which would have dampened the shaking at the surface.
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posted on
08/18/2018 6:34:56 PM PDT
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maggief
To: maggief
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posted on
08/18/2018 6:35:42 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(q.)
To: SE Mom
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posted on
08/18/2018 6:36:34 PM PDT
by
maggief
To: maggief
below the Earth
well thank goodness for that!
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posted on
08/18/2018 6:40:21 PM PDT
by
blueplum
( "...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017)
To: maggief
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posted on
08/18/2018 6:47:57 PM PDT
by
SE Mom
(Screaming Eagle mom)
To: blueplum
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posted on
08/18/2018 6:50:49 PM PDT
by
MichaelCorleone
(Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
To: maggief
Good thing it was so deep.
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posted on
08/18/2018 7:02:23 PM PDT
by
rdl6989
To: maggief
“347.7 miles”
It comes from within.
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posted on
08/18/2018 7:04:50 PM PDT
by
Lurkina.n.Learnin
(Wisdom and education are different things. Don't confuse them.)
To: maggief
Did it ring bells in Chicago? Are there any bells left there to ring?
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posted on
08/18/2018 7:07:04 PM PDT
by
onedoug
To: blueplum
Thank goodness the Pacific wasn’t damaged.
To: rdl6989
Not so sure ...
could set off a wave of seismic activity.
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posted on
08/18/2018 7:09:23 PM PDT
by
maggief
To: maggief; Swordmaker
Claude Blot echo? There is a
coronal hole facing earth with solar winds arriving in two days.
According to the theory, a larger surface quake will follow.
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posted on
08/18/2018 7:19:21 PM PDT
by
PA Engineer
(Liberate America from the Occupation Media.)
To: maggief
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posted on
08/18/2018 7:28:03 PM PDT
by
Innovative
("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
To: maggief
They thought there was going to be a blue wave.
But...no.
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posted on
08/18/2018 7:50:57 PM PDT
by
Beowulf9
To: maggief
The Truman Show has forever ruined Fiji for me, as well as I can’t read anything without thinking of the movie. It’s a shame that Carrey is an idiot, since Truman Burbank was probably one of the better comedic roles in cinema repertoire.
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posted on
08/18/2018 7:59:54 PM PDT
by
chajin
("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
To: PA Engineer
Yea, I sometimes follow “Suspicious Observer” on You Tube and they have been calling for a +7.0 for a few days now (before this 8.2). Interesting.
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posted on
08/18/2018 8:11:42 PM PDT
by
Shark24
To: maggief
The quake was 347.7 miles (560 km) below the Earth Below the earth?
Really?
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posted on
08/18/2018 8:23:01 PM PDT
by
Vlad The Inhaler
(Liberalism is the philosophy of sniveling brats. - P.J. ORourke)
To: PA Engineer
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posted on
08/18/2018 9:08:29 PM PDT
by
Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
(Don't touch that thing! Don't let anybody touch that thing!I'm a doctor and I won't touch that thing)
To: maggief
Now that is a deep quake!
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posted on
08/18/2018 9:16:27 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: maggief
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posted on
08/18/2018 9:23:51 PM PDT
by
stars & stripes forever
(Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm ( 32:12))
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